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Communicator in Observance of Labor Day RC Technologies offices will be closed on Monday, September 6th Communicator in observance of Labor Day. A Monthly Newsletter for patrons of RC Technologies September 2021 Vol. 19 No. 9 In 1968, engineers at the University of Hawaii began to the investigate ways to connect their campus computers together on various islands. In 1971, they debuted Great ALOHAnet, the first system to transmit data into a & ) computer using radio waves. A protocol that is ) now widely used in nearly all forms of wireless ) Wonderful communications. Another step forward in the fruition of Wi-Fi was a 1985 ruling of the Federal Communications Commission releasing a portion of ISM (industrial, scientific, and medical) radio frequencies 2.4 GHz for unlicensed use Wi-Fi can bewi-f a mystery and somewhat complex i to transport data. concept to grasp. Learning some basics about Wi-Fi, like what it is, its history, who standardizes it, and other NCR Corporation/AT&T (now Nokia Labs/LSI Corporation) tidbits, can bring some understanding about it and how invented WaveLan in 1988 using for cashier system- in-home Wi-Fi works with various devices. which will be the predecessor to Wi-Fi's standard. Just as Dorothy and the yellow-brick-road gang pulled Vic Hayes was one person responsible for establishing back the curtain on Oz, let RC be your Dorothy and lead 802.11 Working Group for Wireless Lans and chaired you down the road to understanding great and the IEEE 802.11 Wireless Communications Standards wonderful Wi-Fi! Let's begin... Committee for 10 years. What Is Wi-Fi The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is Wi-Fi is radio wave technology. A Wi-Fi network allows the world's largest association of technical professionals that devices to connect and communicate with internet and creates standards in technology. other devices with a router which has wireless capability. The roots of IEEE (International Electrical and Electronics En- gineers) are deep, going back to two original associations, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) formed in History of Wi-Fi 1884, and Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) formed in 1912. No one person but many individuals and organizations, The two merged in 1963, creating IEEE after both recognize over several decades, have contributed to the innovation their overlapping interests. and the success of wireless communication technology, how it has evolved and improved and how we refer to In 1999, six forward-thinking companies would form, the it as Wi-Fi today. Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). In 2000, the organization would become the Wi-Fi Alliance People like tinkering engineer, Guglielmo Marconi and introduced term and trademarked "Wi-Fi" used (1874-1937), who experimented with invisible radio around the world today! (Trademark only need for "Wi-Fi Certified".) waves as early as the late1800s. Wi-Fi Alliance today, is a global non-profit association In 1941, actress and inventor, Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) with a worldwide membership of more than 800 companies with co-inventor George Athiel, pioneered and patented from a wide array of industries. The organization's role is Frequency Hopping Spread-Spectrum (FHSS) technology, between IEEE and consumer. In 2018, they came up which was later was adopted by the U.S. Navy in 1957 with simplified generational names which may ap- to guide torpedoes in WWII. She and Athiel later was pear on product names and descriptions to help credited for the development of FHSS, a technology that consumers in identifying the latest Wi-Fi experience. layed the foundation of what Bluetooth and Wi-Fi is today. (https://www.wi-fi.org) (Turn to the backside to view IEEE's Standards and Wi-Fi Alliance.) Genealogy of Wi-Fi Standards IEEE Wi-Fi Standard Max Year Notable Computers and Electronics Alliance Frequency Data 802.11 Generational Rate Adopted (The Age of a Device is part of the Wi-Fi Experience equation.) series Names Given Phones: Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10E, Galaxy Note10, Galaxy S20, Galaxy Fold; iPhone11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE, iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max,12 Mini; LG V60 2.4 GHz 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 10-12 Gbps 2019 ThinQ; Motorola Edge Plus Laptops: Asus Chromobook Flip & 5 GHz c436, Dell XPS 13 (2020), HP Sectre x360, (high end Dell Laptops) Lenovo Yoga c940, LG Gram17, Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Other Devices: Eighth-gen iPad and fourth-gen iPad Air Phones: Galaxy S6, S7, S8, S9; iPhone 6, 6s, 7, 8, X; Other 2.4 GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 1.3 Gbps 2013 Devices: Fire TV, Dell Laptops (high & low end), PlaySta- & 5 GHz tion4 (PS4) (2013, 8 yrs ago), Lenovo ThinkPad X240 (8 yrs ago) 2.4 GHz Devices: iPad,1st Gen (2010, 11yrs ago) iPad, 2nd Gen 802.11n Wi-Fi 4 600 Mbps 2009 & 5 GHz (2012), Xbox 360 (2005,16 yrs ago) (Essentially 802.11g 3rd generation) 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps 2003 Really old computers, laptops, and phones (Essentially 802.11b 2nd generation) 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps 1999 Really old computers and laptops (Essentially 802.11a 1st generation) 5 GHz 1.3 Gbps 1999 Really old computers and laptops Seeing Is Part of Understanding Because wi-fi is invisible to the naked eye and seeing is part of understanding, download the CommandIQ app! CommandIQ is a tool that works with RC's BLAST router. This free wi-fi app gives you a view of your connected equipment and devices while being able to control and customize settings of in-home wifi network with just a couple of taps of the phone! https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201106/physicshistory.cfm https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/hedy-lamarr https://www.ieee.org/about/ieee-history.html https://spectrum.ieee.org/alohanet-introduced-random-access-protocols-to-the- https://www.wi-fi.org/who-we-are computing-world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 https://www.computer.org/profiles/victor-hayes RC Technologies 2022 • Photo/images must be portrait (Tall) only. This enables the entire directory cover to be a photograph. 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